Atya gabonensis

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Atya gabonensis

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Just wanted to share a couple of pictures of what I found today at the Local Pet Store

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Nice shrimp! Looks like it's doing great as it's happily filtering. :)
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Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
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bpmox wrote:Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
heheh
would me amazing :)
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Hi bpmax

Sorry, it is not a Giant.
Even though one of the Common names is
Giant African Filter Feeder.

And Please watch the language
"Holy Shit!"
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That is a very nice shrimp and thank you for sharing the wonderful pgotos. I like the way its hanging out under the oak leaf...

Nice find at a LFS for sure.

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I agree it is a nice looking shrimp. You can also see it is safe to keep with much smaller shrimp, I see the bees/bumblebees in the last picture :-)

Newjohn is right about the language, we have some younger members and other's who prefer not to be exposed to it.

Thanks.
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bpmox wrote:Haha, my initial reaction was "Holy Shit!" because for a second I thought the leaf in the 2nd picture was a hand and finger pointing at the shrimp.
I thought the exact same thing :-D
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